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Appropriate Preposition:
- Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
- Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
- Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
- Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
- Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
- Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
Idioms:
- A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
- walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
- Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
- slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
- under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
- bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.